Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Huajuápam de León, Diocese of

HUAJUÁPAM DE LEÓN, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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HUAJUÁPAM DE LEÓN, Diocese of. - Diocese and city in the State of Oaxaca in Mexico.

It has an area of 22,000 sq. km., with a population of 300,000 inhabitants, of whom 299,950 are Catholics. It has 40 parishes served by 75 diocesan priests; 1 seminary, 2 communities of women religious (1948).

The diocese was created by Pope Leo XIII with the bull Sedes Apostolica of 25 April 1902 under the name of Mixtecas. A decree of the Congregation of the Council of 13 Nov. 1903 changed the name to that of the residential see H. de L. The first bishop was Msgr. Rafael Amador. It is a suffragan of Angelopoli.

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BIBL.: Acta Pontificia, IV, Rome 1906, p. 15 ff.; G. Rheinhold, s. v. in Cath. Enc., VII, p. 305; Enc. Eur. Am., XXVIII, p. 497.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1489.

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Josi, Enrico. “Huajuápam de León, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1489. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/huajuapam-de-leon-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Huajuápam de León, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1489. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/huajuapam-de-leon-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Huajuápam de León, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
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  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
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